vitamin testing

[lynnwin]

hi does anyone know the best lab to get private vitamin panel done please ?

I used Biolab in London but they have now gone out of business

Many thanks xxx

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Testing options and includes money off codes for private testing

thyroiduk.org/testing/

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

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Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins

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Monitor My Health also now offer thyroid and vitamin testing, plus cholesterol and HBA1C for £65

(Doesn’t include thyroid antibodies)

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10% off code here

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Tips on how to do DIY finger prick test

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Medichecks and BH also offer private blood draw at clinic near you, or private nurse to your own home…..for an extra fee

Timings of testing

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[lynnwin in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you so much xxx

[TiggerMe]

It rather depends which combination of results you are looking for as the bundles work out cheaper but you need to find the one that covers everything you need without the things you don't... also whether you are happy with finger prick or venous?

Someone was saying Medichecks are offering 20% discount with EARLY20 ( think that was the code)

[lynnwin in reply to TiggerMe]

Thank you so much .. don’t want a finger prick on but a venous sample .. Looking for my sister who takes so many vitamins and has no idea her levels 😞 I personally don’t agree that anyone should just take vitamins.. Unfortunately her GP isn’t forth coming with testing any vitamins except Vitamin D and B12 he is doing her TFT thank goodness ..I will bleed her so she hasn’t got to pay for a phlebotomist.. thank you for the info on 20% offer xxxxxxx

Happy new year xxx

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to lynnwin]

I will bleed her so she hasn’t got to pay for a phlebotomist..

Presumably you are qualified to do so?

What vitamins is she taking

She needs to stop any supplements that contain biotin a week before any tests as biotin falsely affects many test results

if taking iron supplements should stop 5 days before testing

[lynnwin in reply to SlowDragon]

I’m a band 4 phlebotomist slow dragon she wouldn’t let me anywhere near her if I wasn’t .. I’ve trained in Addenbrookes and worked there and Ipswich hospital and now work at a GP surgery I also train staff in phlebotomy so she’s very safe .. She takes vitamin D vitamin c , zinc , magnesium, collagen, liver enzymes, probiotics that’s just a few 🤦‍♀️ x

[Bristolians2 in reply to lynnwin]

Sounds like a great mix of minerals and vits to me. I also love b1,b2 and b3. But not the vit d. I would love to have blood taken -no success on donating blood yet ☹️ so she is lucky to have you.

[lynnwin in reply to Bristolians2]

Hi yeah a bit of a mix 🤦‍♀️ I get my low B’s tested as I’m a coeliac and also on Levo and T3 .. my b6 b2 is always low but I get my GP to add them .. If anyone is in my area happy to bleed for free xxx

[130396 in reply to lynnwin]

Can you come here and do my bloods please darling !!! Xx

[lynnwin in reply to 130396]

Yes I definitely would ❤️ might take me a while to get there xxx

[130396 in reply to lynnwin]

Yes it probably would do lol

[Jazzw in reply to lynnwin]

Your sister’s lucky to have a phlebotomist in the family. 🙂

The only cautionary note I’d sound is about whether you’ll be able to make any sense of the results if she takes a lot of vitamins?